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  Myanmar: Ethnic rebels declare control over key border town as 200 military personnel flee

  World | Apr 11, 2024, 05:55 PM IST

  Since ousting the democratic government in a 2021 coup, Myanmar's military-led government has been battling insurgencies on several fronts by ethnic rebels and suffered several defeats. The loss of Myawaddy, the country's most active trading post with Thailand, is a major setback for the junta.

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  Gaddafi Son Held As Libya Fighters 'Mop Up' Resistance

  World | Oct 13, 2011, 06:50 AM IST

  Sirte (Libya), Oct 13: One of the sons of ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has been arrested in his hometown of Sirte, the new leadership said as its forces mopped up the last isolated pockets